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Grayskull Convention 2012 in Europe - Tickets on sale now!

He-Fans and She-Ravers,

itīs that time of the year again, when we announce the annual European MOTU fan-gathering called Grayskull Con!

This years Grayskull Con will be held in Bergneustadt near Cologne from the 31st of August to 2nd of September.
And to celebrate both 30 years of He-Man overall (YEAH!) and 10 years of 200x (also YEAH!), here are some details of our amazing program:

Guests:

James "Busta Toons" Eatock
James is one of those people that most, if not every MOTU fan worldwide knows, so instead of a long introduction, here are some words associated with James:
The Power and Honor Foundation, Cereal:Geek, The unofficial cartoon guide, Busta Toons Blogspot, Filmation know-it-all.
Things to expect from James: live-audiocommentaries, autographs, limited edition artprints, Cereal:Geek magazines, massive insider knowledge, "Beat the Geek" quizshow, and an overall fantastic guy to hang around with!

John F. Carroll
John is the writer, producer and director of the US-based MOTU Fanfilm trilogy including "The Wizard of Stone Mountain" (WOSM), "The Fountain of Life" (FOL) and "The Trials of Darksmoke" (TRIALS). He also plays "Malik", the Wizard of Stone Mountain himself.
Thins to expect from John: World Premiere of the second part of his fanfilm trilogy "The Fountain of Life", Fanfilm trilogy merchandise, movie props, cameo-shootings for the third film and a live-audiocommentary for the first film "WOSM". He will be accompanied by:

Bridget Farias
The lovely Texan actress plays the part of Kareen in the fanfilm trilogy. Both Bridget and John are thrilled to be with us in Germany to not only celebrate 30 years of He-Man, but to show their latest movie to the public for the first time.
Things to expect from Bridget: live-audiocommentary on WOSM as mentioned before, autographs, lots of background information on acting in a MOTU fanfilm.Cancelled

Engelbert von Nordhausen
Engelbert is the German voice-actor of Frank "Skeletor" Langella in the 1987 MOTU live-action movie. This is the second time Engelbert will be with us and he is very much looking forward to meeting all the fans again!
Things to expect from Engelbert: readings, live-audioplay on stage, autographs (do we really need to mention this every time? ^^), LOTS of insider knowledge and stories from the glamorous world of dubbing and a workshop on voice acting.

Jukka Issakainen
Jukka, also known as "Jukka" on the .org forums ;-) where he also is a moderator, recently started to compile all his expert knowledge about 200x into a really cool blog. Heīs got stories and a massive knowledge about all things 200x to share.
Things to expect: panel about 200x comics and cartoon

Sebastian "Reilly" Vogl
Sebastian, also known as "Sir Reilly" on the .org forums, is - much like James and Jukka - a walking encyclopedia on all things MOTU, and since heīs such a nice guy, heīs willing to share all this knowledge :-) Heīs also a regular on the German podcast "Das He-Manische Quartett" and moderator on the German MOTU fansite planeteternia.de
Things to expect from Sebastian: panel on vintage comics, live-recordings of the Quartett podcast with interested fans

Wilfried A. Hary
Wilfried is the author of German comic stories that got translated in 7 different languages and published all around the world. So chances are you have read some of his work already.
Things to expect from Wilfried: panel on his comics and his work as a science-fiction/fantasy author in general

Sebastian Kempke
Not having to do anything with MOTU in his career (yet) in the comic book industry doesnīt keep Sebastian from being a very talented comic book artist with a big love for MOTU.
Things to expect from Sebastian: free sketches and drawings, and an exclusive minicomic for sale

Val "JVS3" Staples
If youīre here on the .org and have no clue who Val is, youīre in the wrong forums. Val is not only the he-man.org owner and admin, he is also a renowned comic colorist and the founder of MVCreations, the company that brought us the awesome 200x comic books.
Things to expect from Val: panel on 200x comics, panel on digital coloring, live colorings of black/white sketches you bring him (for a small fee to cover his expenses) and recordings for the Roast Gooble Dinner

Program

Live-Chat with Scott "ToyGuru" Neitlich, including Q&A with fans!

Beat the Geek: James Eatock vs. the World!

Eternian Grand Prix: The greatest race on Eternia. Dragonwalkers, Road Rippers and other vehicles in a battle for speed and fame!

Live-Audioplay "The Stream of Time" (German only): The traditional live-audioplay with participation of our voice actor guests and some amazingly talented fans.

Live-Audiocommentary for "Wizard of Stone Mountain" John Carroll talking about filming, production and sharing lots of funny stories;-)

World Premiere of "The Fountain of Life", the second part of the Fanfilm Trilogy!

From Etheria with love: Stand-Up Comedy about the rather infamous German She-Ra audioplays.

10 years of 200x: A retrospective on the MOTU relaunch with Jukka Issakainen, focusing on comics and cartoons

Panel about dubbing and directing: Engelbert von Nordhausen talkig about the highs and lows of his profession.

80ies Disco-Party: Saturday Night will be filled with 80ies Pop, Wave, Rock and the occasional cartoon theme song ;-)

Panel discussion: Whatīs better, Vintage or 200x? MOTUC: Blessing or Curse? How should a new MOTU movie be made? Whoīs more powerful: He-Man or Hulk? Questions and more questions, and we will certainly discuss some on stage.

MOTUC Temple of Darkness Sorceress. To the best of our knowledge, the Grayskull Con will be the first convention worldwide where this exclusive MOTUC figure can be bought! Further information and instructions how to get this figure will be provided in a very short time!

HUGE exhibition: Last years exhibition surprised most fans with the original screen-used Evil-Lyn costume from the 1987 live action movie, some screenused weapons and an amazing selection of 80ies merchandise, Mint on card actionfigures, customs and various fanworks, including a fully equipped, lifesize Castle Grayskull weaponsrack, powersword, He-Ro gravestone and lots more.
This year, we not only doubled, but tripled our efforts to bring you the most jaw dropping exhibition the Grayskull Con has ever seen!

Bring and Buy Fleamarket: Bring your stuff and we sell it on your behalf!

A Full Ticket is valid for the course of the whole convention (Friday to Sunday).
There are 80 beds in shared rooms available. Once these are gone, they are gone!
Tickets for accommodation on the camping ground are per person, not per tent! Please bring own tent!

Daily Tickets are valid
Friday: 4pm to saturday 2am
Saturday: 10 am to sunday 2am
Sunday: 10am to 4 pm.
(Times are subject to change, we are still working on the schedule and most propably will EXTEND the times!

If you are signing up for more than one person at a time, please provide the above requested information AND a valid email address for every person.
You will receive an email with how to pay for the tickets usually within 24 hours.
Sign up for the convention is completed AFTER we received payment!

We will use this thread to collect and answer your urgent questions, and to announce more guests and program.

Yep been to 3 SDCC's in the last 4 years, lots of fun but i'd rather hit up a Motu Exclusive con like Power Con or this Con as i only collect Motu,

but the wife and i would love to visit Europe and see Germany and Hungry.. Hungry is where my Father is from so i have lots of family out there. So one year for sure.. and hey.. The Wife said she would even go and i got it in writting

A note to our non-german friends!

He-Fans and She-Raver!

As you surely have noticed most of our blog and our official stuff is bilingual, yet there are some informations wich are currently available in German only.

We are working on the translation, yet it takes some time to get all this right. If you are interested in joining our convention, please be aware that you HAVE to sign up in advance! For legal reasons, we cannot let you attend the convention if you show up without us knowing you will come!

You have the Power!

Oh, and hereīs a little teaser of what to expect in this years exhibition :-)

So I was sitting there, drinking coffee, minding my own business, when suddenly the doorbell rings.

I think, because Dan is so nice to send this to us, we will be so nice to give you all a chance to get a few signed artprints at the convention. And be sure to get one of the Minicomics, featuring a brand new Story by Ascalon and the truly awesome Alcala-Style Artwork by Danbrenus!

See you at Grayskull Con 2012!

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I would love to go. I had such a great time at last year's con, and everyone was so friendly. The only stumbling block this year as I can see is getting some kind of transfer from Cologne Bonn airport to Bergneustadt. I checked out suntransfers.com and asked them for a quote, but as I feared the cost is way too much. I don't drive, but was wondering how others hoping to attend this year's con was going to manage the transfer. I was wondering if there was a train or bus or some cheaper means of transportation available. By the way, does anyone know yet just where in Bergneustadt the convention is to be held

I just did a little research and it seems Bergneustadt cannot be reached via train. However, you can go by train from the airport to Gummersbach (app. 10 Euros or less) and then take a bus to Bergneustadt. And as I said before: If things totally donīt work out, get in touch with us and weīll try to arrange for pick up!

No posting without News!
The German based independent musicians of Erdenstern will deliver this years "soundtrack".
Erdenstern is famous for their "Into the Green" soundtrack compilation that features mood-tracks for all kinds of pen and paper roleplaying games. Their music will be heard at the course of the convention and if you like what you hear, you can buy their albums right at the convention info-booth.
For a taste of things to come, please visit Erdensterns website: http://www.erdenstern.de/

Thereīs a new guest to announce!

Back in the 80ies, most media about MOTU that spread worldwide originated from the US. However, in some rare occasions, other countries also got the chance to make something MOTU. German author Wilfried A. Hary is one of those lucky guys whose MOTU stories (drawn by German comic artist Michael Goetze) were translated in 8 different languages and sold worldwide.
So naturally we had to invite him and he most willingly agreed to pay us a visit!

Please welcome Mister Wilfried A. Hary to the Grayskull Convention.

By the way: Most of our panel discussions are bilingual, so our international friends will get to enjoy what Mr. Hary has to share with us, too.

Good news!

Tonight I have the honor to announce an exclusive screening of footage from the forthcoming TOY MASTERS feature-length documentary, produced by Roger Lay Jr.
The screening will include content exclusivly shot for Grayskull Convention! So be all excited! :-)

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Tonight I have the honor to announce an exclusive screening of footage from the forthcoming TOY MASTERS feature-length documentary, produced by Roger Lay Jr.
The screening will include content exclusivly shot for Grayskull Convention! So be all excited! :-)

Nice !!! I so hope the screening is on saturday, because I'm dying to see that documentary.

"A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue. His blade defends the helpless. His word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked."

Tonight I have the honor to announce an exclusive screening of footage from the forthcoming TOY MASTERS feature-length documentary, produced by Roger Lay Jr.
The screening will include content exclusivly shot for Grayskull Convention! So be all excited! :-)

Many of you already know Illvanno's famous dioramas and figure-stands, some of you might even own one or more of these precious artworks. Well, the good old "Ille" will be at the Con and put his work on display! Our Audio-Room, where you can listen to music, interviews, documentations and audio-plays, will become Illvanno's AuDio-Room. Examine his terrific dioramas while listening to our audio program, and even shake the artist's hand - could it get any better?

Well, of course it can: You can actually WIN some dioramas in our raffle and take a piece of Eternia back home with you!